EAS 1540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Arctic Ocean, Ocean Acidification, Predatory Fish

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Need for social justice within and among nations and future generations. For humans: the potential for long term (multi generational) maintenance of wellbeing. Depends on wellbeing of te natural world and the responsible use of natural resources. Sustainable development = development that meets needs of current generation without compromising that of future generations. Overall driver of human impact on earth system: consumption of biological and physical resources in effort to achieve wellbeing Human consumption of natural resources a. b. c. d. Impact per unit of resources (depends on technology) Humanity has responded to an increase in demand by trying to increase supply (eg. drill baby drill - keep drilling more) Converting everything involved in keeping your well-being and converting it to an area. = equivalent area require to provide the goods and services consumed by communities, individuals, etc. Need to make sure ecological footprints do not exceed the total area of the planet --> we are.

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